JAKARTA, May 7 (NNN-ANTARA) – Mount Sinabung in Indonesia’s North Sumatra, erupted yesterday, with a thick ash column spewed towards the east, up to 2,000 metres above its peak, the country’s Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Centre (PVMBG) said.
PVMBG officer, Moh Nurul Asrori, said, the seismograph recorded the eruption at 11:19 a.m. local time, which lasted for 319 seconds.
The PVMBG recommends that people do not move in the danger zone within a 3-km radius of the peak.
The PVMBG also urged people to avoid rivers that originate in the mountain, and to wear masks when they have to leave their homes, to keep away from the contaminated air.
Mount Sinabung’s eruption on May 22, 2016, killed seven people and injured several others, while its eruption on Aug 8, 2020, displaced tens of thousands of people and closed three villages.– NNN-ANTARA
